Microsoft Application Virtualisation (AppV) formerly Softricity SoftGrid
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft App-V skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft App-V over the 6 months to 5 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 612 1018 1040
Rank change year-on-year +406 +22 -313
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V 124 56 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.045% 0.053%
As % of the System Software category 1.39% 0.30% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 28 48 54
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% +18.75% -14.67%
75th Percentile £55,250 £62,500 £64,688
90th Percentile £55,633 £78,750 £72,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.81% +16.67% -5.26%

All System Software Skills
UK

Microsoft App-V is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,929 18,877 22,470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.71% 15.20% 17.64%
Number of salaries quoted 7,125 12,611 15,781
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £38,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%

Microsoft App-V
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft App-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft App-V in the UK

Microsoft App-V
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft App-V.

Salary trend for Microsoft App-V in the UK

Microsoft App-V
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft App-V over the 6 months to 5 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Microsoft App-V in the UK

Microsoft App-V
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V within the UK over the 6 months to 5 December 2023. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +412 122 £54,500 -0.91% 6
London +328 97 £62,500 +7.76% 1
UK excluding London +225 26 £54,500 +3.81% 7
Work from Home +237 20 £54,500 -4.39% 3
South East +163 16 £54,500 +4.81%
North of England +146 7 £40,000 -33.33% 3
Yorkshire +106 7 £40,000 -33.33% 3
Midlands +124 6 £41,250 -23.96% 1
West Midlands +120 6 £41,250 -22.90%
South West +83 3 £46,500 +32.86% 1
Scotland +56 2 £53,745 -10.43% 2

Microsoft App-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 96 (77.42%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 18 (14.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 106 (85.48%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (7.26%) Azure
3 6 (4.84%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.61%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 100 (80.65%) Cisco IOS
1 100 (80.65%) WAN
1 100 (80.65%) Wireless
2 96 (77.42%) SD-WAN
2 96 (77.42%) WebEx
3 5 (4.03%) DHCP
3 5 (4.03%) DNS
3 5 (4.03%) Firewall
3 5 (4.03%) NetScaler
4 4 (3.23%) Remote Desktop
4 4 (3.23%) VLAN
4 4 (3.23%) VPN
5 2 (1.61%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (14.52%) MSI
2 16 (12.90%) AdminStudio
2 16 (12.90%) InstallShield
General
1 115 (92.74%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.90%) Organisational Skills
2 16 (12.90%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (1.61%) Law
4 1 (0.81%) Banking
4 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
4 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 96 (77.42%) IT Support
1 96 (77.42%) IT Support Specialist
1 96 (77.42%) Support Specialist
2 16 (12.90%) Applications Packager
3 5 (4.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (2.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (2.42%) Senior
4 3 (2.42%) Support Engineer
5 2 (1.61%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (1.61%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (1.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (1.61%) Service Desk Engineer
6 1 (0.81%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (0.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (0.81%) Administrator
6 1 (0.81%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (0.81%) IT Engineer
6 1 (0.81%) Lead
6 1 (0.81%) SC Cleared Application Packager
6 1 (0.81%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 96 (77.42%) Wiki
2 85 (68.55%) Video Conferencing
3 16 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (12.90%) Shadow IT
4 2 (1.61%) Life Science
5 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 121 (97.58%) Windows
2 114 (91.94%) Windows 10
3 96 (77.42%) Android
4 16 (12.90%) Windows 7
5 6 (4.84%) Windows Server
6 4 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (81.45%) Application Virtualisation
2 96 (77.42%) BCP
2 96 (77.42%) Business Continuity
2 96 (77.42%) Business Continuity Planning
2 96 (77.42%) Computer Science
2 96 (77.42%) Contract Negotiation
2 96 (77.42%) Mobile Device Management
3 19 (15.32%) ITIL
4 17 (13.71%) Agile
4 17 (13.71%) Migration
4 17 (13.71%) Project Management
4 17 (13.71%) Service Management
5 16 (12.90%) Application Packaging
5 16 (12.90%) Customer Service
5 16 (12.90%) Data Analysis
5 16 (12.90%) ITSM
5 16 (12.90%) Release Management
5 16 (12.90%) Software Deployment
5 16 (12.90%) Waterfall
6 3 (2.42%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 20 (16.13%) PowerShell
2 16 (12.90%) C#
2 16 (12.90%) VB
3 2 (1.61%) SQL
3 2 (1.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 113 (91.13%) Degree
2 96 (77.42%) Computer Science Degree
2 96 (77.42%) Master's Degree
3 16 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 16 (12.90%) Security Cleared
4 15 (12.10%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.81%) CEH
5 1 (0.81%) MCSE
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 121 (97.58%) Active Directory
2 101 (81.45%) XenApp
2 101 (81.45%) XenDesktop
3 96 (77.42%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (4.84%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 114 (91.94%) SCCM
2 85 (68.55%) AirWatch
3 16 (12.90%) WSUS
4 5 (4.03%) EdgeSight
5 2 (1.61%) WMI
6 1 (0.81%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 122 (98.39%) Microsoft
2 102 (82.26%) Citrix
3 100 (80.65%) Cisco
4 16 (12.90%) Autodesk
4 16 (12.90%) ServiceNow
4 16 (12.90%) VMware
5 11 (8.87%) Apple
5 11 (8.87%) Bloomberg
6 6 (4.84%) Ivanti
7 4 (3.23%) Draytek
7 4 (3.23%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.23%) HP
7 4 (3.23%) SonicWALL